Cosmicflows-4: Astronomers Assemble Largest Catalogue of 56,000 Galaxy Distances

Chris K

Chris K

Chris K
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Cosmicflows-4, a new catalogue of 56,000 galaxies, is the largest ever compilation of distances between the collections of stars, dust, and gas across the universe. Astronomers Brent Tully and Ehsan Kourkchi from the Institute for Astronomy used eight different methods to measure the distances to a whopping 56,000 galaxies. The catalogue is also being used to study ho...

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